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SUMMER 2016
Summer 2016
CONTENTS
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EAST OF FLORES
A NEW HOT SPOT:
INDONESIA’S ALOR ARCHIPELAGO
Text and photos by Brandon Cole
Indonesia’s remote East Nusa Tenggara
region offers vibrant local culture and
a remarkable diversity of marine life.
Dozens of new dive sites lie amid
stunning volcanic scenery.
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AN ISLAND TO OURSELVES:
CURAÇAO
Text and photos by
Andy and Allison Sallmon
With wrecks, reefs and uncrowded
beaches, Curaçao boasts Caribbean
splendor from below the hurricane belt.
By boat or by beach, the island offers
lovely diving all year round.
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DEEP IN THE SCIENCE
OF DIVING
THE NAVY EXPERIMENTAL DIVING UNIT
Text by Michael Menduno;
photos by Stephen Frink
Since its inception in 1927, the U.S.
Navy Experimental Diving Unit has been
responsible for countless advances in
decompression procedures, mixed-gas
diving, understanding diving physiology
and much more.
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THE PHYSIOLOGY OF
COMPRESSED-GAS DIVING
By Simon Mitchell, MB, ChB, Ph.D.
Submersion in water and breathing
compressed gas cause physiological
changes in divers’ bodies.
Understanding these changes can lead
to safer and more comfortable diving.
DEPARTMENTS
ON THE COVER:
Flower tree
soft corals
(
Umbellulifera
sp.) up to
3 feet tall create
an otherworldly
forest on
Indonesian sand
at 100 feet.
Brandon Cole
took this photo using a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with a
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 II lens in a Seacam housing with
Ikelite DS161 strobes (2) and an exposure of 1/125 sec
@ f/11, ISO 1600.
THIS PAGE:
The
Benwood
was a casualty of World War II.
Running without lights at night to avoid detection by U-boats
operating off the Florida coast, it collided with another
freighter and sank in 25-40 feet of water off Key Largo, Fla.
Photo by Stephen Frink